4th of July.
After seeing how much fun Brian and I had on Friday, we convinced Abby to go back with us on Saturday. With snack bag in hand and tons of games, we made the trip again.
The water started out bumpy but I knew that the wind was going to switch over and lay down. I was excited as my shipment of OR36 size 2 tadpoles had come in along with my order of Size 7 Berkley Flicker Minnows.
We targeted the same area and there was not a boat for 5 miles. Our program today was slightly different. On one outside board we ran a flicker minnow 35 feet back. The inside board still ran the size 1 tadpole and the back corner ran the 3oz bouncer. On the other side our outside board ran a size 1 tadpole while the inside board ran a size 2 tadpole. Again we ran a 3oz on the corner.
We ended up catching 25 walleyes. We kept 8 fish with an average over 20 inches. The flicker minnow lived up to the test and boated the 4 biggest walleye.
Abby and Daddy with the first catch of the morning.
If you have any questions on how we did it, more specific questions on the baits we use and so on. Feel free to ask. I never have a problem letting people know how to do it. It is a big body of water and too many people are secretive on what is going on!
For me, speed is key. On Friday, 1.2 SOG was great both NE and SW trolls. On Saturday, there was a heavy current. 1.3 SOG was great on a NE troll. SW had a heavy current. As a result, the speed was just too great for the bite. I watched my down rods and my planner board flags and realized it was moving just too fast. I was able to dial down to .9 SOG and put the baits back in the zone